Buckle



G. LARSON.

l BUCKLE.

APPLICAUON FILED JUNE ll. 1917.

1,373,745. f Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

W/ TN S655.' GEORGE LARSON UNITED STATES GEORGE LA RSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

Application led June 11, 1917. Serial No. 174,036.

T 0 all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE LARsoN, a citizen of the United States, resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a buckle adapted particularly for a belt in which only the finished or ornamental face of the buckle will be visible when the belt is fastened, the securing means and the ends of the belt being all concealed.

A further object is to provide a belt of comparatively simple construction and one which can be easily manipulated and does not require the use of eyelets.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure l is a front view of a belt and buckle embodying my invention,

F ig. 2 is a sectional view of the same, showing the belt fastened,

Fig. 3 is an edge view, showing the fastening device in its released position,

Fig. 4l is a rear view of the buckle.

In the drawing, 2 represents one end of the belt, having an eyelet' 3 therein to re ceive a hook 4l that is mounted on the inner face of the buckle plate 5 and is concealed from view. This buckle plate has longitudinal flanges 6 thereon connected across the plate at one end by a cross bar 7 between which'and the face plate the end of the belt is inserted, as shown in Fig. 4, and held in place to prevent it from becoming accidentally disengaged from the hook 4. At one end of the flanges 6 an angle plate 8 is pivoted, having an edge 9 between which and the face plate the loose end 10 of the belt is inserted, and when this plate is tilted down to the position indicated in Fig. 2, the belt will be squeezed between the edge 9 and the inner face of the plate 5 and securely clamped, and it will be impossible for the belt to slip while in use. To release the loose end of the belt, however, it is only necessary to exert a slight pull thereon, such as would be necessary to tighten the belt, when the plate 8 will be swung on its pivots to the position indicated in Fig. 3 and the belt will be released.

The loose end 10, after being inserted under the-pivoted clamp, is thrust under the cross bar 7 and may remainV in this position until it is desired to remove the belt from the trousers or other garment with which it may be worn.

I claim as my invention:

A belt buckle comprising a face plate having its longitudinal edges inwardly turned to form flanges on the rear faceof the plate, a cross bar connecting the edges of the flanges at one end of the plate, there being an unobstructed space between Vsaid cross bar and said face plate, said face V plate having means for connection with one end of a belt, a clamping plate having an angle portion at one end pivotally supported by the flanges of said face plate at the opposite end thereof from said cross bar, the free end of said clamping plate bearing on the belt when the buckle is in use and limiting the movement of theedge of said angle portion past the center of its pivot in said flange, the loose end of the belt being inserted between said cross bar and the other end of the belt and gripped between the angle portion of said clamping plate and face plate and released from said clamping plate by a pull on the belt. that would normally tend to tighten it.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 23d da of May, 1917.

l @FORGE LARSON. 

